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GeForce RTX 3050 OEM
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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
8.986 TF
Bandwidth
224 GB/s
TDP
130W
Boost
1755 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute8.986 TFLOPS9%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,56012%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency22/10038%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy10,440pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)5,400pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)1,508spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute72,000pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming29
Ray tracing30
AI / Compute30
Creator / 3D29
Power efficiency22
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 25 fps
1080p
34
1440p
25
4K
16
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 35 fps
1080p
48
1440p
35
4K
22
Alan Wake 2avg 21 fps
1080p
28
1440p
21
4K
13
Forza Horizon 5avg 37 fps
1080p
50
1440p
37
4K
23
Baldur's Gate 3avg 30 fps
1080p
41
1440p
30
4K
19
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
People like it for being a decent budget card that handles 1080p gaming without fuss. The usual complaint is that it’s not much faster than older models for the price.
Pros
- Runs many games at high settings
- Plays older titles with ease
- Handles creative work without stutter
- Stays cool in compact builds
Cons
- No real overclocking headroom
- Uses older, less efficient design
- Not worth upgrading from anything better
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 2,560
- RT Cores
- 20
- Tensor Cores
- 80
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- L2 cache
- 2 MB
Memory
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1750 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 1515 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1755 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 8.986 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 8.986 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 56 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 140.4 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 130W
- Suggested PSU
- 250W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x8
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.6
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.3
- CUDA
- 8.6
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 3050 OEM
A rehashed Ampere chip from 2022 that’s barely faster than the previous-gen card it replaces.
Get it if you need a basic graphics card for a prebuilt office PC and only play older or lightweight games at low settings. Skip it if you want to run modern games or any serious creative work, as this card is weak for its price.
Buy it if…
- You want an affordable card for 1080p gaming.
- You need an OEM replacement for a prebuilt desktop.
- You play older titles or esports at high settings.
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